May 3, 2021

Developing a “Speak Up” Culture

A “Speak Up” culture improves child safety and provides an excellent opportunity to create a safe and welcoming environment. It encourages staff and volunteers to raise concerns about illegal practices or policy violations without fear of getting in trouble or experiencing retaliation. A “Speak Up” culture ...

April 27, 2021

How a “Speak Up” Culture Improves Child Safety

Organizations dedicated to children and youth have an excellent opportunity to create a safe and welcoming environment by fostering transparency and encouraging open dialogue between leadership, staff, volunteers, and families. Encouraging stakeholders to come forward with questions, comments, and concerns, illegal practices, or policy violations, lays ...

KidCheck Secure Children's Check-In Shares Protective Factors

April 13, 2021

National Child Abuse Prevention Month – Protective Factors

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The theme this year is “Thriving Children and Families: Prevention with Purpose.” Throughout the month, we will be sharing resources to help you inform, educate, and engage your community in preventing child neglect and abuse. Protective factors help promote ...

March 31, 2021

Comprehensive Candidate Screening – The Waiting Period

The waiting period is the seventh and final element in the comprehensive candidate screening process. Prior steps include the application, background check, social media assessment, references, virtual interview, motor vehicle report, and now the waiting period. Why Wait? Volunteers and staff are an essential part of ...

March 23, 2021

Comprehensive Candidate Screening – The Motor Vehicle Report

If your organization requires staff or volunteers to get behind the wheel to fulfill their job responsibilities, then obtaining a Motor Vehicle Report or Motor Vehicle Record on that person is in the organization’s best interest. It should be a standard part of your overall ...

February 17, 2021

Comprehensive Candidate Screening – The Social Media Assessment

Social media is a prolific force in today’s culture. Consider the millions of photos and videos that get shared, liked, and viewed each day. The trends indicate it is not slowing down. While it may seem overwhelming to create, implement, and administer a social media ...

KidCheck Secure Children's Check-In Shares A Guest Post from Dale Hudson On The Top Tips to Rebuild Your Volunteer Team During Covid-19

January 25, 2021

Top Tips to Rebuild Your Volunteer Team During Covid-19 (Guest Post)

This week we’re sharing top tips from one of our favorite children’s ministry thought leaders, Dale Hudson. Dale is the founder of Building Children’s Ministry, which helps houses of worship build thriving, growing, and relevant children and family ministries. Dale is also an in-demand conference ...

January 13, 2021

2021 Trends for Organizational Success

For child and youth-focused organizations, 2021 is about rebuilding. This year offers a fantastic opportunity to create a proactive culture to elevate efficiency, safety, communication and prioritize prevention and response. Over the last year, many organizations found themselves conducting more daily operations online than ever before. ...

KidCheck Secure Children's Check-In Is Sharing The Most Popular KidCheck Blog Posts of 2020

January 5, 2021

The Most Popular Posts of 2020

KidCheck’s goals are to help child and youth-focused organizations improve child safety, increase efficiency, and share relevant, actionable, timely information with the families they serve. With that, the purpose of the blog remains the same to provide new insights, guidance, discoveries, and highlight the benefits ...

April 9, 2020

National Child Abuse Prevention Month Safety Resources

In honor of April being National Child Abuse Prevention Month, we’d like to share some warning signs, tips, and resources (links at the end) to help your organization take child protection to the highest level. Warning Signs for Adults and Older Children Showing too much interest in ...